28 October, 2016

Dinuguan aka Chocolate Meat

Posted in : Filipino Dishes, One Pot Meals, Pork, Uncategorized on October 28, 2016 by : Ivy's Kitchen

Tags: asin, asukal, baboy, bawang, bay leaf, beef blood, blood stew, cane vinegar, cebullas, chili pepper, chocolate meat, dinuguan, dugo, dugo ng baboy, dugo ng baka, Filipino, filipino food, filipino recipe, fish sauce, garlic, ivyskitchen, kanin, laurel, one pot meal, onepotmeal, onion, paminta, patis, pepper, philip, phillippines, pig, pig belly, pig butt, pigs blood, pork belly, pork blood stew, pork butt, puto, rice, rice cake, salt, sarap, sili, sugar, suka, sweet rice cake, vinegar, water

Today I am taking you to the Philippines with this exotic dish… dinuguan. What is it? It’s pork blood stew. A lot of foreigners will think this dish is unusual, due to the pork blood, however a lot of different countries use blood as one of their delicacies, such as Europe’s blood sausage and Greece’s
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25 October, 2016

Vegetable Lumpia / Lumpiang Togue

Posted in : Appetizers, Filipino Dishes, Fried Foods, Vegan, Vegetarian on October 25, 2016 by : Ivy's Kitchen

Tags: Appetizer, bawang, bean sprouts, carrots, chili, cornstarch, deep fried, filipino food, fish sauce, fried, garlic, ivyskitchen, karot, lumpia, lumpia togue, lumpiang togue, magic sarap, onions, patis, pepper, philippines cuisine, potato, repolyo, salt, shrimp, sibuyas, sili, spring rolls, suka, sukang bawang, sukang maanghang, sweet potato, tofu, vegan, vegetable egg rolls, vegetable lumpia, Vegetable oil, vegetarian, vinegar

October is Filipino Heritage Month, that is celebrated in the USA. In honor, I decided to upload a video of my Nanay Lena teaching me how to make vegetable lumpia. I filmed this when I last visited the Philippines. Unfortunately I don’t have exact measurements so I am going to just put an estimation of
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25 October, 2016

Hot Wings

Posted in : Appetizers, Chicken/Poultry, Fried Foods, Spicy/Mild on October 25, 2016 by : Ivy's Kitchen

Tags: Appetizer, bar food, blue cheese dip, breaded chicken, buffalo chicken wings, buffalo hot wing sauce, buffalo wings, butter, carrot sticks, cayenne pepper, celery sticks, chicken, chicken wings, corn starch, crunchy chicken, deep fried, double fried, drumettes, flour, fried chicken, garlic powder, green onions, hot sauce, hot wings, ivyskitchen, onion powder, paprika, peanut oil, pepper, potato starch, ranch dressing, salt, sports food, sriracha, sriracha sauce, unsalted butter, winglettes, wings

Football season is here! Looking for something to serve up on game day? Try my spicy hot wings! You can make it as spicy or mild as you want. I like to double fry my wings for that extra crunchy goodness. Again, this really doesn’t need exact measurements, the ingredients are measured according to your
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25 October, 2016

“Philly” Cheese Steak

Posted in : American Dishes, Beef, Sandwich on October 25, 2016 by : Ivy's Kitchen

Tags: bell peppers, butter, button mushroom, cheese steak, cheese steak sandwich, cheesy, french hoagie roll, french rolls, hoagie roll, ivyskitchen, mushroom, new york strip, new york strip steak, olive oil, onions, pepper, philly cheese steak, salt, sandwich

I was told not to call it a “Philly” Cheese Steak because it’s not from Philly, but to each their own. It’s a “Philly” cheese steak made with a “New York” strip steak and “French” rolls …. I guess I can just call it a cheese steak sammy! This recipe is a no-brainer and simple
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